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Would you PAY for a shorter ICQ #? I wouldn't... think about it: you could have all kinds of people from the past owner(s) messaging you, others would be tempted to hack it, and of course you'd lose some money.

That is one of the most ridiculous ideas that have come along.....most of these 'greed generated' ideas only cater to users that are not savvy with the Internet and whom they hope to capitalize on their naivete. Now that selling domain names is on the decline, I'm not surprised that someone wants to make a buck with this!

The Internet is the one place where for pocket change you can create a site, try to make $$, don't make $$, close site, open another and start the $$ cycle again. Great opportunities, but you always have to watch your wallet when you are the consumer more than ever!

What's next?

[Edited by WebKat on 10-16-2000 at 04:46 PM]

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Now you could eBay your collection of AOL CD's. Sure one or two aren't worth much, but if you have a few hundred the buyer would get ad-free internet access for life. That *is* if you consider AOL ad-free, BAH-HA-HA!

That is pretty crazy, but anything can happen on the Internet. I'm pretty happy with my UIN. Short and easy to remember: 45549000. How much do you think I could get for it? Nah, just kidding. But I do have over 50 AOL disks lying around...

Would you buy the UIN 1 ? i mean, the ICQ UIN number ONE ? That would be funny. Imagine giving your UIN on the phone: "My icq is 1" "One and then ?" "Nothing else, just 1".
If i had tons of bucks i'd buy this ONE.

When i was younger i thought one could melt Cd's and resell the metal... Then when i realized they were mostly plastic i played ball-trap with my friends. We took our guns (with plastic little bullets, don't worry), and shot them CD's. All i remember is that it was hard to aim at these when you had the light reflecting on the silver part.

By the way i like my icq number, 67438124. It has almost all the numbers. If only one of the 4 was a 5, it would be perfect.

Originally posted by Timothy That is so ridiculous. Who in their right mind would want to buy an ICQ number?!? Now if it was a single digit I could see that, but come on now...Who would sell a singal digit number? LOL!

Money, my friend.

You think this ICQ number-selling is ridiculus? Have you seen some of the stuff auctioned on eBay? I seriously saw someone auctioning off the actual raft that Elian Gonzalez floated into America in. Now that's crazy.

Originally posted by Timothy That is so ridiculous. Who in their right mind would want to buy an ICQ number?!? Now if it was a single digit I could see that, but come on now...Who would sell a singal digit number? LOL!

Money, my friend.

You think this ICQ number-selling is ridiculus? Have you seen some of the stuff auctioned on eBay? I seriously saw someone auctioning off the actual raft that Elian Gonzalez floated into America in. Now that's crazy.

Originally posted by Chicken Now you could eBay your collection of AOL CD's. Sure one or two aren't worth much, but if you have a few hundred the buyer would get ad-free internet access for life. That *is* if you consider AOL ad-free, BAH-HA-HA!

Nope, you have to enter a credit card each time you use a free one. You can only use the credit card number once. They aren't THAT dumb (weeeellll maybe they are).